Hair raising experiences*

After

Before

Oh dear what was I thinking.

A friend of mine once told me that your strengths are your weaknesses harnessed, and that your strengths can also be weaknesses.

My strength is being capable and thinking I can do anything, with this as my outlook on life I approach most situations with an heir of success and accomplishment before I’ve tackled the task.  This week I had my heart set on putting highlights in my hair.  I wanted to do it on Tuesday the 20^th but life got crazy and I wasn’t able to get round to doing it.  So today Wednesday the 21^st I decided would be the day, as I had missed my ear mark on Tuesday.  I went off to Clicks to buy a highlight kit; I had my club card and R26 off coupons.  Standing in front of the hair dye I looked over at the options ‘golden-brown’ or ‘blonde’?  Hmm the safe option would be the golden-brown, subtle and slow change, but if I’m going to dye my hair I should go all out-give it horns! No half measures!

I texted Meegs and asked her if she was keen to dye my hair, the poor girl was sick so in my full capability I decided I could do my own hair.  I bought the blonde kit and the maintenance hair spray.  This was it; I was going bay watch blonde!

Mistake Number 1!

I couldn’t find out highlight cap so I figured I would just do it freestyle, no cap no foil.

Mistake Number 2!

Because I couldn’t find the cap, I didn’t have the application brush; I decided to use a toothbrush.

Sitting in front of a mirror and I started applying the dye, clump by clump.  Trying to make sure it got to the roots.  After an hour I’d finished.  I will admit I got board halfway through, having realised I had just messed my hair up and laughing hysterically; I just threw caution to the wind and applied the dye haphazaroudly.

45 Minutes later – hair under the faucet rinsing out the dye, I looked up and there it was my WHITE blonde fringe, dark roots, horizontal stripes and a few polka dots that impressed my hairdresser, my hair ranged in colour from white to yellow to orange.  In a word it was a DISASTER!

NEVER!

Say give it horns when you’re doing your hair – take a deep breath put down the dye or scissors and re-think what you’re doing.

I HEARBY SOLEMLY DECLARE

That I will never cut or dye anyone’s hair ever.  I swear to leave all hairdressing up to the professionals and realise that just because I think I can do it, doesn’t mean I have the ability to dye and cut hair, mine and anyone else’s.

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.  Douglas Adams